December 2021

Beautify Downtown Belleville, along with numerous local businesses and sponsors, presented a community lights display at Belleville Community Park.
Beginning on December 12, 2021, the lights turned on at dusk and visitors could drive through the park and enjoy the lights.
On December 18th, there was an interactive community event at the park, featuring hot cocoa, coffee, candy canes and treats while people could walk through the lights display with their families.

The New Glarus varsity girls basketball team played at Lancaster on December 13th. Down at the half 21-32, the Lady Knights battled in the second half to try to overcome Lancaster but were not successful. The final score was Lancaster 55, New Glarus 39.

The Sugar River Raiders varsity wrestlers competed in the 48th Annual Badger State Invitational at the Alliant Energy Center on December 18th against 17 other teams. The Raiders finished in 12th place.
Wrestling at 106 lbs, Blake Endres (10-4) placed 4th and scored 18.5 team points. Endres had a bye in the first two rounds and in round three he won by tech fall over Fennimore’s Dalton Leffler. In round four he lost by fall to Darlington’s Ethan Aird. In the 3rd Place Match, Endres lost by decision to Badger’s Logan Clausen.

On Tuesday, December 14th, the Monticello Ponies boys basketball team hosted the Wisconsin Heights Vanguards. The Ponies trailed by 8 at the half and could not overcome the deficit in the second half. The final score was Wisconsin Heights 64, Monticello 53.
“This week we stepped out of our conference on Tuesday against Wisconsin Heights. They played physical and aggressive and by the time we adjusted we had fallen behind,” said Coach Mark Olson. “We scratched to get the game close a couple of times, but just didn’t get over the hump.”